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Gayonese People
The Gayo people are an Austronesian ethnic group living in the highlands (primarily Gayo Lues) of Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Gayo tribe has a population of 336,856 and they live predominantly in the mountains. Most Gayo live in three regencies in Aceh namely Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues. Some of them live in several districts in other regencies, such as Serbejadi District, Simpang Jernih District, and Peunaron District in East Aceh Regency and Beutong District in Nagan Raya Regency. Other than that, the Gayo population also covers Southeast Aceh Regency and Aceh Tamiang Regency. Their homeland lies in the Barisan Mountains which has elevations of over 12,000 feet and extends more than one thousand miles. The Gayonese language has four dialects: Lut, Serbejadi-Lukup, Lut and Luwes. Their language does not have a writing system, but folk tales, stories and poetry are passed down in oral tradition. The traditional house of the Gayo is called '' Uma ...
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Gayo Wedding
Gayo may refer to: * Gayo language of Sumatra * Gayo people, an ethnic group in Aceh, Indonesia * Gayo Lues Regency, a regency in Aceh, Indonesia * Gayo, or K-pop, the Korean term for pop music * Gayo (poem), old form of the Korean traditional poetry See also

* Gay (other) * Gaios, a port in Greece * Gaia (other) * Mayo (other) {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Districts Of Indonesia
In Indonesia, district or ambiguously subdistrict, is the third-level Subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision, below Regency (Indonesia), regency or City status in Indonesia, city. The local term is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term is used in Western New Guinea, provinces in Papua. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the term ''kapanewon'' is used for districts within the regencies, while the term ' is used for districts within Yogyakarta, the province's only city. According to Statistics Indonesia, there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural ' and urban '). During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term ''district'' referred to ''kewedanan'', a subdivision of regency, while ' was translated as ''subdistrict'' (). Following the abolition of ''kewedanan'', the term ''district'' began to be associated with ' which has since been directly administered by regency ...
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Lamuri Sultanate
Lamuri, Lamri, or Lambri was a kingdom in northern Sumatra, Indonesia recorded from the 9th century until the early 16th century. The area was inhabited by Hindu population around the seventh century. There is also evidence of Buddhism. The region is also thought to be one of the earliest places of arrival of Islam in the Indonesian archipelago, and in its later period its rulers were Muslims. Lambri is generally considered to be located in the Aceh province near Banda Aceh. Its location has been suggested to be in today's Lambaro to the west of Bandar Aceh where submerged ruins of buildings and tombstones have been found, although some now associate Lambri with Lam Reh to the east of Aceh where there are ancient tombstones, and where significant archaeological material from between the 13th and 15th centuries are found. Accounts of Lambri have been given in various sources from the 9th century onwards, and it has been proposed that accounts of Lambri between the 9th and 13th cent ...
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Aceh Besar Regency
Great Aceh Regency () is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh. The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. 391,870 at the 2015 census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 435,298 (comprising 208,110 males and 217,180 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Aceh Besar Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1106) The Regency is located at the northwest tip of Sumatra island and surrounds the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, many suburbs of which lie within the Regency. It also includes a number of islands off the northern tip of Sumatra, which comprise Pulo Aceh District within the regency. The seat of the Regency government is the town of Jantho. Economy Aceh Besar Regency produces cloves, nutmeg and palm oil and rice, and also small quantities of maize, cassava, sw ...
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian National Revolution, Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference, made peace in 1949. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Dutch ceded the governorate of Dutch Malacca to Britain, leading to its eventual incorporation into Malacca, Malacca (state) of modern Malaysia. The Dutch East Indies was formed from the nationalised Factory (trading post), trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Batavian Republic, Dutch government in 1800. During the 19th century, the Dutch fought Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, many wars against indigenous rulers and peoples, which caused hundreds of thousands of d ...
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Umah (Gajo House)
''Legacy of Kain'' is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure game, action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by Eidos Interactive. The first title, ''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'', was created by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics, but, after a legal battle, Crystal Dynamics retained the rights to the game's intellectual property, and continued its story with four sequels. To date, five games comprise the series, all initially developed for video game consoles and later ported to Microsoft Windows. Focusing on the eponymous character of Kain (Legacy of Kain), Kain, a vampire antihero, each title features action game, action, exploration and puzzle-solving, with some role-playing video game, role-playing game elements. The series takes place in the campaign setting, fictional land of Nosgoth—a Gothic fiction, gothic fantasy campaign setting, setting—and revolves around Kain's quest to defy his destiny, fate ...
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Barisan Mountains
The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km (1,050 mi) from the north to the south of the island. The Bukit Barisan range consists primarily of volcanoes shrouded in dense jungle cover, including Sumatran tropical pine forests on the higher slopes. The highest peak of the range is Mount Kerinci at 3,800 metres (12,467 ft). The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is situated towards the southern end of the range in Liwa, Indonesia. The name Bukit Barisan actually means "row of hills" or "hills that make a row" in Malay, for the range stretches end to end along the island of Sumatra. There are 35 active volcanoes in Bukit Barisan. The largest is the supervolcano Toba within the 100 km (62 miles) × 30 km (19 miles) Lake Toba, which was created after a caldera collapse (est. in 74,000 Before Present). The eruption is estimated to have been at level eight ...
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Aceh Tamiang Regency
Aceh Tamiang Regency () is a regency in the east of Aceh province of Indonesia, bordering on North Sumatra Province to the east. It is located on the island of Sumatra, and was formed on 10 April 2002 from what were previously the southeastern districts of East Aceh Regency. The regency covers an area of 1,957.02 square kilometres and had a population of 251,914 people at the 2010 census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. 277,766 at the 2015 census and 294,356 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 305,217 - comprising 154,724 males and 150,493 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1116) The seat of the regency government is at the town of Karang Baru. Administrative districts The regency is divided administratively into twelve districts (''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusa ...
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Southeast Aceh Regency
Southeast Aceh Regency () is a regency in the Aceh province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. In 1974, the Southeast Aceh Regency was created by being separated from the Central Aceh Regency; however in 2002 the northern part of this regency was itself split away to form the new Gayo Lues Regency. The regency now covers an area of 4,242.04 square kilometres and had a population of 179,010 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 220,860 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 229,368.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Aceh Tenggara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1102) The seat of the regency government is at the town of Kutacane (which forms Babussalam district). The main commodities produced in the regency are palm oil, cacao, coconut, coffee, nutmeg, walnut, and pachouli oil The main rivers are the Alas River and the Butan River. It contains th ...
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Nagan Raya
Nagan Raya Regency () is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra, and was formed on 10 April 2002 from districts formerly part of West Aceh Regency. The seat of the regency government is at Suka Makmue. The regency covers an area of 3,544.9 square kilometres and had a population of 139,663 people according to the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 168,392 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 176,461 (comprising 88,872 males and 87,589 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Nagan Raya Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1115) Administrative districts As at 2010, the regency was divided administratively into eight districts (''kecamatan''); however in 2011 two additional districts were created - Tripa Makmur (by division from Darul Makmur District) and Beutong Ateuh Banggalang (by division from Beutong District). Their ...
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East Aceh Regency
East Aceh Regency () is a regency in eastern Aceh province of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 6,040.6 square kilometres and had a population of 360,475 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 422,401 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 449,796 - comprising 226,316 males and 223,430 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Aceh Timur Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1103) The regency capital is the town of Idi Rayeuk. The regency borders the Malacca Strait to the north-east, the city of Langsa and Aceh Tamiang Regency to the south-east, Gayo Lues Regency to the south, and Central Aceh Regency, Bener Meriah Regency and North Aceh Regency to the west. Economy This regency is rich in petroleum, more so than the North Aceh and Aceh Tamiang regencies. Fishing employs many people in the regency but little of it is ...
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